Compare A Appliance Service Technician ↔ B Industrial Machinery Mechanic

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1 move · +$13,300 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

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Move 1, to Industrial Machinery Mechanic: experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET, most common).

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Appliance Service Technician to Industrial Machinery Mechanic +$13,300 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Industrial Machinery Mechanics as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.74.
- Gates: experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring

Side by side

All Industrial Machinery Mechanics: Texas median $61,930, $13,300 more a year than all Home Appliance Repairers ($48,630), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Industrial Machinery Mechanic 47%, Appliance Service Technician 32%.

Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k

$48,630+$13,300$61,930

Gates on the route: experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +9.5% Texas, 260 openings a year

B +21.8% Texas, 6,380 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

32%+15 pts47%

Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first

2.8 / 5+0.12.9 / 5

High places+1.66High places: A 1.42, B 3.08
Protective gear+1.39Protective gear: A 1.11, B 2.5
Hazardous equipment+1.19Hazardous equipment: A 2.87, B 4.06
Cramped space-1.17Cramped space: A 4.1, B 2.93
Kneeling or crawling-1.07Kneeling or crawling: A 3.45, B 2.38

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

License

A Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer.

B No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 34%).

B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 32%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Repairing
Quality Control Analysis
Critical Thinking
Active Learning
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving

To build: 2

Operation and Control +1.12
Operations Monitoring +0.50

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